Photo: OLU · CC BY-SA 2.0Medstead is older than 97% of UK towns: a median age of 54.9
By its share of households in detached houses (74%), Medstead is above 99% of UK towns. The 2021 Census counted 898 residents in 370 households. Households without a car or van account for 4.3%. At 56%, the share of residents who describe themselves as Christian is higher than in 82% of UK towns.
Medstead: 30% of residents are 65 or over, above 91% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
50–54 is the most common age band: just over one in ten residents, 1.7 times the share across England’s towns. Across Medstead, one in ten residents are aged 15 to 24. Typically, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
7.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, fewer than in 74% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Managerial and professional jobs take in 51% of adults here, routine and semi-routine work 14% (England’s towns: 33% and 24%). For residents who moved in within the year, the comparison across England’s towns is 11%. 4.6% of adults are full-time students.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of UK towns: 16%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against Hampshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Medstead has 2.7%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 30% across England’s towns. Households with dependent children: 23% of the total.
Below 99% of UK towns: 2.4% of households live in a terraced house
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
The figure for households in flats is 1.4% in Medstead and 23% across England’s towns. The benchmark for households in terraced houses across England’s towns: 24%.
99% of residents have English as their main language, a share 90% of UK towns don’t reach
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Most residents from abroad were born in Africa (2.1%) or in EU countries (1.9%). Across England’s towns, the share of residents born outside the UK is 18%; Medstead has 7.3%.
A larger share of residents who describe themselves as White British than 72% of UK towns: 95%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 95% of Medstead · Hampshire’s towns 84% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Beyond White British, the biggest groups are Other White (2.2%), Mixed or multiple (1.3%) and African (0.7%). Residents who describe themselves as White British make up 73% across England’s towns. Compared with other places, residents with no religion are scarce here: 36%, fewer than in 77% of UK towns.
In Medstead, 66% of adults are married or in a civil partnership, more than in 99% of UK towns
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Against a figure of 8.7% across England’s towns, the share of unpaid carers in Medstead comes in at 11%. Meanwhile, 21% of adults have never married or formed a civil partnership, a lower share than in 99% of UK towns. Across England’s towns, the share of married adults and civil partners is 44%.
45% of adults are qualified to degree level
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
11% of Medstead’s adults have no qualification (18% across England’s towns), and 45% have one at degree level (34%).
Medstead is older than every town around it
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medstead | 898 | — | 54.9 | 30% | 23% |
| Four Marks | 5,613 | 1.1 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 33% |
| Alton | 17,883 | 4.1 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 26% |
| New Alresford | 5,340 | 5.4 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 21% |
| Holybourne | 1,304 | 5.5 mi | 46.9 | 23% | 24% |
| Whitehill | 5,178 | 8.3 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 26% |
| Bordon | 9,349 | 8.6 mi | 35.3 | 11% | 35% |
| Bentley | 1,406 | 9 mi | 47 | 25% | 34% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “Hampshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in Hampshire (or England), summed the same way as Medstead’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Medstead’s residents
What is the population of Medstead?
The 2021 Census counted 898 people in Medstead’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Medstead?
The median age was 54.9 at the 2021 Census. 10% of residents were 15 to 24 and 30% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Medstead?
95% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 84% across Hampshire’s towns. 7.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Medstead?
36% said they had no religion and 56% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.1% were Muslim and 6.7% didn’t answer.
Is Medstead good for families?
23% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Medstead’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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